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64 lines
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The Idols of Babylon and the One True God
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# Chapter 46
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1. Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
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their idols are on beasts and livestock;
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these things you carry are borne
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as burdens on weary beasts.
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2. They stoop; they bow down together;
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they cannot save the burden,
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but themselves go into captivity.
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3. "Listen to me, O house of Jacob,
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all the remnant of the house of Israel,
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who have been borne by me from before your birth,
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carried from the womb;
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4. even to your old age I am he,
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and to gray hairs I will carry you.
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I have made, and I will bear;
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I will carry and will save.
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5. "To whom will you liken me and make me equal,
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and compare me, that we may be alike?
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6. Those who lavish gold from the purse,
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and weigh out silver in the scales,
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hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;
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then they fall down and worship!
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7. They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
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they set it in its place, and it stands there;
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it cannot move from its place.
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If one cries to it, it does not answer
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or save him from his trouble.
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8. "Remember this and stand firm,
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recall it to mind, you transgressors,
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9. remember the former things of old;
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for I am God, and there is no other;
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I am God, and there is none like me,
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10. declaring the end from the beginning
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and from ancient times things not yet done,
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saying, 'My counsel shall stand,
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and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
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11. calling a bird of prey from the east,
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the man of my counsel from a far country.
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I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
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I have purposed, and I will do it.
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12. "Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
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you who are far from righteousness:
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13. I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,
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and my salvation will not delay;
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I will put salvation in Zion,
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for Israel my glory."
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